A South African horror story: illegal mining stand-off draws to an end
In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.
South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging for gold.
Siege at Stilfontein: The Human Cost of South Africa's Crackdown on Illegal Mining
The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege at a Stilfontein gold mine. As the rescue mission continues, 132 survivors have already been arrested,
Next Africa: How the South African Mining Tragedy Unfolded
South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil rights groups said at least 100 people died from starvation after the mine was sealed off by the security forces to deny those underground access to food to force them to the surface.
South African miner on 6-month ordeal underground and illicit gold industry
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels.
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Illegal mining | Identification of retrieved Stilfontein bodies yet to resume
Over a hundred of the 246 illegal miners retrieved from a mine in Stilfontein, in the North West appeared before the ...
'Trying to kill us': Stilfontein illegal miner recalls police siege
While South Africa is still reeling from the deadly police siege at the Stilfontein mine, one illegal miner spoke to Reuters ...
Stilfontein disaster sparks outrage and demands for accountability
Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...
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Stilfontein mining tragedy sparks calls for inquiry
This is arguably the worst mass murder of miners due to state actions and a series of decisions since the dawn of democracy, ...
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Tragedy at Stilfontein: The Aftermath of a Government Crackdown on Illegal Mining
In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...
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South African union calls Stilfontein mine siege a 'state-sponsored massacre'
South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
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‘Was he not a convict?’ – Kenny Kunene slammed after saying Stilfontein miners ‘must die like rats’
Macua spokesperson accused Kenny Kunene of 'cheap politics' after his controversial remarks on illegal miner at Stilfontein.
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South Africa: Stilfontein Must Not Be Another Marikana, President Ramaphosa
Opinion - Official communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State's representatives neither know nor care that the Buffelsfontein mine was ...
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60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped
South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, about 95 miles west of Johannesburg, in November after some of those accused of mining underground ...
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Who is responsible for Stilfontein’s tragic deaths?
Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama ...